The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints says it regrets a federal judge’s ruling overturning a ban on gay marriage in California.
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Mormon church faces fine over Prop 8 donations
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is accused of being late in revealing about $37,000 worth of contributions to pass the state’s ban on same-sex marriages in 2008.
Gary Coleman, child star of 1970s TV, dies
FILE – In this Feb. 26, 2008 file photo, actor Gary Coleman appears on the the NBC “Today” program in New York. Gary Coleman, child star of 1970s television show “Diff’rent Strokes,” has died after suffering an intercranial hemorrhage.
21Q: Concert review: Underwood’s come a long way since ‘Idol’ days
Carrie Underwood makes a better case for “American Idol” than the show makes for itself these days. The Fox TV staple has dipped in ratings and singing talent this season. But when talent and opportunity meet, “Idol” can create magic
Ask Sacto9-1-1: Woman who killed 7 in Reno car rampage died in prison
Q: What happened to the woman who drove her car down a sidewalk in the ’80s, killing six people? – Anonymous, Sacramento A: Priscilla Ford died on Nevada’s death row from natural causes in January 2005, according to Bee reports.
Mormons lead area-wide park restoration effort
Brady Ellsworth, center, of the Carmichael 2nd Deaf Branch of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and Matt Zavoral, right, of Northridge Ward and Scout Troop 613 in Carmichael work on a fallen tree as part of a natural playground for children at Effie Yeaw Nature Center during the Mormon Helping Hands community service project Saturday.
Mormon volunteers tackle park cleanup projects
A small army of Mormon volunteers on Saturday will be refurbishing parks hit hard by cutbacks. “There is no way with our current low staffing levels we have now or expect to have in the future that we could remove the invasive and very tall-growing non-native weeds,” said Marilee Flannery with the Effie Yeaw Nature Center in Carmichael’s Ancil Hoffman Park
4 fatal shootings in Oakland within 48 hours
The murder of a man during an argument over a woman capped a deadly 48 hours in Oakland that saw four separate fatal shootings. Oakland police are still trying to identify the victim of Monday night’s shooting.
Sacto 9-1-1: Two gang members suspected of drive-by shooting
Authorities say they have booked into jail two Sacramento gang members suspected of a drive-by shooting, firing a semi-automatic rifle at a CHP officer and injuring a 4-year-old child in a nearby vehicle. They face multiple felony charges, including attempted murder, according to sheriff’s spokesman, Sgt.
4 missing W.Va. miners dead; final toll at 29
Travis McKinney is comforted by Cheyanne Graybeal as they view the casket of Travis’ grandfather, Benny Ray Willingham, at Mullens Pentecostal Holiness Church in Mullens, W.Va., Friday, April 9, 2010, during a funeral service. Benny Ray Willingham was among those killed in an explosion at Massey Energy Co.’s Upper Big Branch mine in Rescue workers located four bodies deep in a West Virginia coal mine, dashing any faint hopes of finding more survivors of a deadly explosion that has claimed 29 lives, the worst U.S.
